εξάψεις

English translation: hot flushes

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Greek term or phrase:εξάψεις
English translation:hot flushes
Entered by: Philip Lees

08:58 May 3, 2012
Greek to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / side effects
Greek term or phrase: εξάψεις
It's one of a (long) list of possible side effects:

πονοκέφαλος (9.0%), ενόχληση μαστών (5.4%), κατάθλιψη (5.1%), ακμή (5.1%), αύξηση βάρους, τυμπανισμός, εμετός, ναυτία, ημικρανία, διαταραχές ύπνου, διαταραχές διάθεσης, νευρικότητα, μείωση της λίμπιντο, αλωπεκία, πόνος στην πλάτη, εξάψεις, κύστες ωοθηκών

I'm translating νευρικότητα as irritability (which you may disagree with), but what should εξάψεις be here? One meaning my dictionary gives is flushes, but that would normally be rendered in Greek as ερυθήματα, right?
Philip Lees
Greece
Local time: 14:43
hot flushes
Explanation:
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Note added at 5 mins (2012-05-03 09:04:27 GMT)
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Νευρικότητα is nervousness
Irritability is ερεθιστικότητα
Ερύθημα is erythema in an SPC (for physicians) and redness in a PIL (for patients)

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Note added at 10 mins (2012-05-03 09:09:33 GMT)
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Translation of undesirable effects is not a matter of opinion today. Please use MedDra from EMA (European Medicines Agency). It is crucial for patient's health to translate these terms in accordance with official regulations.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2012-05-03 12:03:01 GMT)
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Irritability = Ευερεθιστότητα
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Sofia Poulou
Greece
Local time: 14:43
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hot flushes


Explanation:
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Note added at 5 mins (2012-05-03 09:04:27 GMT)
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Νευρικότητα is nervousness
Irritability is ερεθιστικότητα
Ερύθημα is erythema in an SPC (for physicians) and redness in a PIL (for patients)

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Note added at 10 mins (2012-05-03 09:09:33 GMT)
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Translation of undesirable effects is not a matter of opinion today. Please use MedDra from EMA (European Medicines Agency). It is crucial for patient's health to translate these terms in accordance with official regulations.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2012-05-03 12:03:01 GMT)
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Irritability = Ευερεθιστότητα

Sofia Poulou
Greece
Local time: 14:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Greek
PRO pts in category: 64
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nick Lingris: Or hot flashes.
1 min
  -> Yes both. Thank you Nick. But "hot flushes" is found more often in EMA website (187 hits), compared with 10 hits for "hot flashes".

agree  Kyriacos Georghiou
8 mins
  -> Thank you.

agree  georgia efraimidou
1 hr
  -> Thank you.

agree  Atanasio
1 hr
  -> Thank you.

agree  D. Harvatis: Let me suggest "ευερεθιστότητα" for "irritability" (irritable = ευερέθιστος).
2 hrs
  -> Thank you! Yes, even better.
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